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Hardcover. Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out is nearly 150 years of audio recordings. Matthew Rubery uncovers this story, from Edison to today's billion-dollar audiobook industry, and breaks from convention by treating audiobooks as a distinctive art form that has profoundly influenced the way we read. Num Pages: 360 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 253 x 34. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545441
ISBN
9780674545441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; DSB; JFFK; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231182089
ISBN
9780231182089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.73

Paperback. Examines the fiction produced in the aftermath of the 20th century's Latin American dictatorships, particularly those in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. This title argues that through their legacy of social trauma and their obliteration of history, these military regimes gave rise to practices of mourning that pervade the literature of the region. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324157
ISBN
9780822324157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Originally published in 1931, this volume contains a collection of tales and portraits of Irish rural life. This edition of the text also includes two further stories: "In The Clay" and "The Way Back". Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348 225pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Colin Smythe Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780861401994
ISBN
9780861401994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. The Unthinkable is a play about 'not noticing'; not noticing that one's ideals have become warped; not noticing that being active in party politics is different from being engaged in political activity; not noticing that amassing a personal fortune and professing socialism might be a contradiction in terms; and not noticing that. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854598264
ISBN
9781854598264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Hardback. An investigation of the motif of the unspeakable as manifested in a wide range of medieval texts, from the Exeter Book to Chaucer. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844686
ISBN
9781843844686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardcover. By investigating women lifewriters' complex quest to distinguish themselves both within and from institutions and communities, this volume uses Kant's concept of unsociable sociability to formulate a divided sense of self at the heart of women's lifewriting, offering a provocative response to the notion of the relational female subject. Editor(s): Collett, Anne; D'Arcens, Louise. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230246478
ISBN
9780230246478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

This volume excavates the biblical and classical sources behind three early modern treatises that denounce the numerous sins of the tongue that cause damage in the Elizabethan society. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474695
ISBN
9781611474695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.49

Paperback. Charlie Parker returns in the chilling thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LOVERS Series: A Charlie Parker Thriller. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444704747
ISBN
9781444704747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Vintage paperback. Good clean condition with some minor reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
SKU
KTM0008504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. In this book Zeina G. Halabi examines the figure of the intellectual as profet national icon, and exile in contemporary Arabic literature and film. Staging a comparative dialogue with writers and critics such as Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan, and Mahmoud Darwish, Halabi focuses on new articulations of loss, displacement, and memory. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421393
ISBN
9781474421393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.82

Paperback. When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else's life. Num Pages: 384 pages, chapter heads. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778091
ISBN
9780552778091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. This accessible book contains a thorough review of recent research discoveries of scientific and technological knowledge contained in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The book has been well received in the original Greek version and is now available in English. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048125135
ISBN
9789048125135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Paperback. A completely new collection of poetry with a celestial theme in The Universe of Us. Series: Lang Leav. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781449480127
ISBN
9781449480127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Hardback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689248
ISBN
9780816689248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689262
ISBN
9780816689262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Through the story of the universal tree, representing the complete human being, and the four birds, representing the four essential aspects of existence, this title explains the author's teaching on the nature and meaning of union with God. It is the English translation of an important, early work, complete with Arabic text, commentary, and notes. Translator(s): Jaffray, Angela. Series: Mystical Treatises of Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi. Num Pages: 127 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Anqa Publishing
Number of pages
127
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953451395
ISBN
9780953451395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. This flesh-and-blood account of numerous personal journeys reads like a private encyclopaedia of emotion and health. The poems range from the rainforests of South America to the deserts of Western Australia, but are set against that ultimate and most intimate of all landscapes, the human body. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 201 x 6. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571218608
ISBN
9780571218608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.51

Hardcover. This flesh-and-blood account of numerous personal journeys reads like a private encyclopaedia of emotion and health. The poems range from the rainforests of South America to the deserts of Western Australia, but are set against that ultimate and most intimate of all landscapes, the human body. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 199. Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Poetry - By Period,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Poetry - General,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Dram"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
80
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
SKU
KHS0038544
ISBN
9780571215331
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 31.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. "The Universal Home Doctor" is Simon Armitage's most personal collection of poems yet. The poems journey across the globe but are ultimately set against the most intimate of landscapes - the human body. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571217267
ISBN
9780571217267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Manuscript Publisher
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First edition. Complete and unabridged.
SKU
KTK0095672
ISBN
9780957672987
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Marking the centennial of Panama's separation from Colombia in 1903, this work reprises US images of the isthmus a century ago. The text illustrates the prejudices and expansionistic rhetoric of the time. The mixture of writings shows the long evolution of the US debate on the question of Panama. Editor(s): LaRosa, Michael J.; Mejia, German R. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCP; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1. Ausgabe.
SKU
V9780742527225
ISBN
9780742527225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.14

Hardcover. 210pp. Original dark blue cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on the spine. A very good copy,with small tear on spine. Keywords: Drama; Lady Gregory; Yeats
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The MacMillian Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1908
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0042305
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 350.00

Hardback. Focusing on the earliest extant version of the Grail legend, the author proposes a social interpretation of Chretien's romance as a story concerned with earthly violence and vendetta. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724814
ISBN
9780804724814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.97

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